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This chapter is a nothing kind of chapter…just a little filler before the big stuff start happening again.

Anyway, on with the chapter.

Chapter 30.

It was quiet for a while. It seemed that the action was over, and the calm was starting. Boy was that wrong.

Buffy sat in her room, reading a Defence against the dark arts textbook. It was quite interesting; it was amazing how the wizarding world worked; it was so refreshing to see something different from living a 'muggle' life. But of course, there were the similarities between the two worlds. Draco Malfoy seemed to be Hogwarts version of high school Cordelia. And there was that whole business of good versus evil, which was similar in the 'muggle' world.

Faith and Willow had gone to LA as soon as Buffy had told them about Giles, and they had returned hours later, even worse. Willow had gone straight to her room and had not come out for days, and Faith had filled Buffy in on the details.

Tara had blanked Willow during the whole trip, and she did not offer any comfort to Willow when they had gone to the hospital. Willow had not seen it, but Faith had, and Faith had mentioned to Buffy that Tara had been tempted to comfort her, pull her in her arms and 'fuck the shit outta her', but Tara had pulled back, apparently thought the better of it and had resisted the temptation.

Faith had been subdued lately. Charlie had left abruptly for Romania and would not be coming back till next Friday-Halloween. So Faith had no idea how Charlie felt about the 'killing spree', but judging from the look he gave her that night, he did not like it.

The Order was in an uproar about Faith. They did not think they could trust her, because of the mistakes she had made before. It angered Buffy, but she constantly reminded herself that she had acted in a similar way before. Dumbledore, who was one of the few Order members who trusted Faith, was trying to convince them to see that Faith was not a murderer anymore. It was extra hard with Moody, apparently, who was angry at Buffy for bringing Spike and Faith with her. He still had not got over the fact that Buffy was very close to the person who had killed his sister…and it seemed as if he would not forgive Spike for a long time.

Harry was still angry with Buffy; he blanked her whenever she saw him and ignored Buffy and Sirius together. He was spending time with Hermione and Ron more, getting 'Dumbledore's Army' back on its feet, and the first meeting was to be held on Monday night. And everyone was coming. Including Cho.

Harry stood at the front of the room of Requirement, looking out the members. Ron, Hermione, Ginny, the rest of Gryffindor sixth years, Ernie and his friends, Cho and her friends, Luna, Colin and his brother and newcomers…Nisha Shah and her two friends, and the rest of the new Gryffindor team with their friends. Altogether, there were about twenty five members.

"Hi everyone…" Harry said his throat dry and his palms sweaty. He had never been a good public speaker. "I'm glad you came back. We're going to revise the stuff we did last year for today, and then next time, we can learn something new. So if everyone could…uh…get into pairs…"

Everyone obeyed Harry's orders and they started to practice. Left and right, people were shooting disarming spells, Body Binds and Patronuses. Cho was partnered with Michael Corner and she seemed to be setting his hair on fire whenever she said the disarming spells. Wands flew all over the place, people yelled in pain as they were set on fire and in general, it was an absolute mess. Almost everyone had forgotten the stuff they had learnt and Harry was getting a bit frustrated.

"Ok, stop!" He yelled over the mass noise, but no one paid any attention to him, as no one could hear him.

Grabbing a whistle on a nearby shelf, he blew it and everyone stopped and looked to him expectantly.

"That was…" He trailed off, not quite sure what to say. "Well, there is room for improvement. A lot of improvement." He added, ignoring Ernie's glare. "Let's just start again with the disarming spells." Everyone partnered up again, and it was much better. There was still the occasional book flying off the shelves and hair catching fire, but it was still better.

Harry lost track of time and before he knew it, it was time to end. They were to meet again in two weeks, and they were supposed to practice.

Everyone filed out of the room, Luna throwing Harry a dazed smile before she left and Harry, Hermione and Ron left the Room of Requirement together, talking about the success of the first meeting.

It was full moon again, and not only the sixth years, but the fifth and fourth years needed Buffy's assistance. Which irked Snape to no end, as his memory of the first lesson was still fresh in his mind. As long as she did not try anything today, it was fine.

Oh how wrong he was.

The sixth year was still on vampires and demons, and today was going to be a practical lesson.

So Buffy brought Spike and Angel along.

The classroom's windows were covered with a material that could not let sunlight in so it was dark, except for the minute torches that hung on the walls, dangerously near paintings. The desks had been moved back a metre or two, leaving more space near the teacher's desk and the blackboard. The students filed in, whispering about the darkness of the classroom. They noticed Buffy and Snape quietly talking…or arguing together next to their desk, but they did not see anyone else, and they did not see that the reason why it was so dark was because two vampires stood in the corners, hidden from curious eyes as no light fell there.

Once everyone was seated in their places, Snape and Buffy turned to the class, Buffy wearing a large mischievous smile on her face. Snape only glared.

"Miss Summers has foolishly decided to bring two vampires in for today." There was an excited and scared murmur rippling the class, and Neville sunk slowly down in his seat.

"These two vampires are friends of mine," Buffy said chirpily, "So they will not hurt you and if they do, I'll deal with them. These two vampires are vampires you have learnt about…Spike and Angel-"There was an outburst of exclamation and noise as everyone twisted and turned in their seats, shouting across the room and complaining loudly. Buffy sighed and Snape sat in his seat, his arms folded. His lips pursed and a temple throbbing, he banged a heavy book on the desk and there was silence. Everyone turned to look at Snape.

"No need to get scared kids." A voice called out from the shadows. "I won't bite." Spike stepped out of the corner and grinned maliciously, his leather duster wrapped around him. The students near him tensed and fingered their wands.

"We don't drink human blood." Another voice said, and Angel stepped out of the shadows, his arms crossed across his chest. Students looked between the two vampires, realizing that they were trapped.

"Don't be scared kid." Spike said, clapping a hand on the student nearest to him…Draco. Draco tensed and stared straight ahead, glaring at Buffy who had an amused smirk on her face. She raised an eyebrow at Draco, daring him to say something, and he scowled.

"Nice lot of kids you got here." Spike said, removing his hand and lighting a cigarette. He inhaled and blew the cloud of smoke in Neville's face. Spike walked to the front. "Hey Potter." Spike said, cuffing Harry on the arm. Harry smiled up at him.

"How are you Spike?" He asked, and Dean leaned over to look at Harry.

"You know him?" He asked, horrified.

"Course, my aunt is friends with him. Spike's been staying in Hogwarts for a week." He said 'aunt' bitterly and scowled at Buffy as he did. Only she noticed.

Buffy coughed quietly, averting Harry's hateful gaze. She could not cope with it right now. Ever since that fight she and Harry had, he had been cold to her. No, not cold, hateful.

"Shall we learn something then?" Buffy asked chirpily, and Angel and Spike both stood at the front, Snape sitting in his seat, glaring at Buffy's back.

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Malfoy walked closer to Harry and Hermione tensed. "You would love that, wouldn't you? Announce that I'm a Death Eater. It would be the happiest day of your life. That and getting you stupid dead parents back to life."